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tussle

[tuhs-uhl] / ˈtʌs əl /




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In light of the legal tussle with California, some have encouraged David Ellison to ditch Paramount’s Hollywood headquarters in favor of Tennessee.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The former Arsenal forward also opened the scoring against Bosnia before getting sent off in the 64th minute after a tussle with Muharemovic for a looping ball.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The other piece of this is that for a while, there was this tussle between lower courts and the Supreme Court.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

That became the center of a legal tussle after the city sued for its restoration and some panels have been restored, pending a court decision.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

There was the sound of a brief tussle and the conch moved to and fro.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2026

High on the to-do list will be ensuring the economy is ready for another round of tussles with the U.S., as signaled by the emphasis Chinese leaders have placed on reducing reliance on foreign technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

There were other tussles over whether Prince Harry had caused disruption by wanting to bring a Netflix TV crew to a fundraising event.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2025

Long, gliding tracking shots with sophisticated camera and character blocking give way to hectic handheld movements as Terry scraps and tussles with his foes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2024

When I was young these tussles usually ended with Mother screaming over a broken lamp or vase, but as I got older there were fewer things left to break.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Cuomo and Mamdani tussled when they were asked how they would stop the growing number of New York City school students who are homeless.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

She also tussled with Bass behind closed doors in late January, as revealed in text messages obtained by The Times that highlighted an increasingly fractious relationship.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

As the Soviet Union and the US tussled over the Korean peninsula, they agreed to to divide it.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2025

Hideo is leaning over a table, his head down in concentration, his dark hair tussled.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

To wrap the Pont Neuf, he spent $2.5 million of his own money and some 10 years tussling with bureaucrats and politicians before securing the approval of President Francois Mitterrand.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

His attentiveness will be closely watched in the Maduro case, as tussling between the defense and prosecution has already threatened to draw out proceedings.

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

In “The Climb,” there is a moment where Covino and Marvin briefly wrestle, a ludicrous sight of two grown men tussling on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2025

I didn’t want to drag things out none by tussling.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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